Families and the Law: Taking Account of Children’s Evolving Capacities in Analogue and Digital Contexts

Abstract

New media have a fundamental influence on families and their lives. Especially for children, the process of digital transformation encompasses both substantial potential as well as a new range of risks. It thus challenges existing normative orders. During the last century and in particular the past decades, the position of children in families, in society, and in law has changed considerably. This requires legislators to increasingly take the child’s evolving capacities into account, both in analogue and digital contexts.